Why I felt so at home in a big city

When Victoria and I went on our trip in March, we didn’t expect many things that would happen over the course of the holiday, we didn’t expect our first day to be a bit stressful and we most certainly did not expect to fall in love with being in a big city such as New...

My personal highlights of 2018

2018 was here and then as soon as we got used to the idea of it, it soon left us. The years do seem to go by a lot quicker nowadays. It’s a shame as I didn’t get everything that I wanted to get done, but I probably would have needed an extra 11 months...

Exercising while on holiday in New York and Toronto

WHAT! Are you stupid Gilliland!? Enjoy the holiday and relax, eat well and just calm yourself down son. These are the responses I am figuring I might get from the title of this post and they may be true, but I don’t like just chilling and doing nothing all day. I like being active. I...

One of many reasons to go travelling solo: Being disciplined with money when choosing accommodation

Welcome back to part three of my series on why you should go on at least one-holiday solo. The past two weeks I chatted about meeting new people and then having the freedom to not be held down by others decisions. This week is all about camping and staying in hostels and how doing so...

One of many reasons to go travelling solo: Freedom

Welcome back to part two of my series on reasons why you should go travelling alone. Last week  I wrote about meeting more new people and I used my experiences on the matter to give nice truthful examples for you. This week is all about having no restrictions to where you want to go while...

Planning a trip to New York and Toronto: Part Two – Toronto

Alright? Last week (or so) I chatted about the trip Victoria and I are going to take in March to New York and Toronto. That time I focussed on just the New York hotel and flights, so it is only fair that this time I talk about the Toronto leg of the holiday! Shall we?...

Planning a trip to New York and Toronto: Part One

Why hello there you beautiful people! I hope you are well? Today I want to have a little natter about planning a holiday and more importantly planning a holiday to New York and Toronto. Why? Well, because that is where Victoria and I are heading in March baybay!   Choosing a New York Hotel The...

A birthday at Bay Tree Boutique B & B

On my birthday this year Victoria (retrosnowflake go check her out!) decided to treat me to a little night away from Belfast without me having the faintest idea. Where did we go? Well, she took me to just outside Hillsborough to a lovely little cottage called Bay Tree Boutique B & B. Here is how...